1978 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 4–7 |
Head coach |
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Captains |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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No. 3 Florida A&M ^ | – | 12 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Nevada ^ | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Lehigh | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
In their eighth year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Jim Medes and Brian Musician were the team captains.[2]
This was the first year of competition for Division I-AA, later to be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Lafayette, along with its in-state rivals Bucknell and Lehigh, moved up to I-AA after having previously competed as independents in NCAA Division II. The Leopards' 1978 schedule included opponents from Division I-A, Division I-AA, Division II and Division III.
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 9 | Gettysburg |
| W 31–0 | 5,000 | [3] | ||
September 16 | at Army | L 14–24 | [1] | ||||
September 23 | Merchant Marine |
| L 10–13 | [1] | |||
September 30 | at Columbia | L 0–21 | 4,500 | [4] | |||
October 7 | Fordham^ |
| W 17–14 | 7,700 | [5] | ||
October 14 | at Bucknell | W 14–7 | [1] | ||||
October 21 | Penn |
| W 20–19 | 11,200 | [6] | ||
October 28 | at Maine | L 25–31 | 3,000 | [7] | |||
November 4 | at Colgate | L 7–17 | 4,500 | [8] | |||
November 11 | at Davidson | L 12–17 | 2,000 | [9] | |||
November 18 | Lehigh |
| L 15–23 | 17,000 | [10] | ||
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